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W. H. MGOLURE. SASH HOLDER.

No. 440,186. Patented- Nov. 11, 1890.

NITED Srn'rss \VILLIAM HENRY MCOLURE, OF vGUTI-IRIE, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,186, dated November 11, 1890.

Application filed May 3, 1890. Serial No, 350,449. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HENRY Mo- CLURE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, have invented a new and useful Sash-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sash-fasteners, more especially of that class adapted to lock the two sashes with respect to each other, or either or both of them with respect to the window-frame; and the invention consists of a rod secured to the upper sash bent in a pcculiar manner and passing through set-screws on the frame and on the lower sash, all as hereinafter more fully described, and as illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is an inside elevation of a window with my improved sash-fastener attached. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same, showing the sashes in a different position.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter U designates the upper and L the lower sash of a window, which sashes move in theframe F.

R is a rod connected at its upper end to the upper sash, passing through a bracket provided with a set-screw l on the lower sash, and also passing near its lower end through a bracket provided with a set-screw f on the frame and provided with a handle H at its lower extremity. Heretofore such rods have been attached to the frame at the top and to one of the sashes, or to the upper sash at the top and to a bracket provided with a setscrew on the lower; but I am not aware that it has been connected as above described, nor llllltt the following details of construction are 0 d.

P is a plate secured to the upper end of the rod and provided with a number of holes, through which screws pass into the upper rail of the upper sash, as shown. The rod extends outwardly, as at 0, from this platethat is to say, inwardly into the room-turns then downwardly and slightly inwardly toward the window, as at I, and then extends vertically downward through the balance of its length. This construction of rod is in order that the same will not bind under the set-screws in the brackets secured to the frame and to the lower sash, the said set-screws and brackets being of any well-known construction and attached in about the positions shown.

A further object of this construction is that a single rod B may be used, and the bend O therein will not strike the upper inner corner of the lower sash when it is raised. If this bend were a right angle, it would so strike and an indentation would soon be formed in the sash, together with a disfiguring mark across the upper bar of said sash.

To operate the device, the sashes are set at the desired points, after which the set-screws are turned home, thereby binding upon the rod and securing each sash in place not only with respect to the other, but also with respect to the frame. If the set-screw f be left loose, the two sashes may be moved up and down in the frame as one, or if both set-screws be left loose the upper sash may be moved independently of the frame and of the lower sash, as will be clearly understood.

I11 devices of this character as heretofore constructed the upper sash could be operated from the floor and could be connected to the lower, leaving it possible, however, for an un authorized person to move both sashes from the outside, and thus enter the house, or the lower sash only could be locked, leaving the upper free to be moved up and down, and in both constructions after the sashes had been moved a short distance the hand could be passed in above or below, the set-screw turned, and the sash moved to freely admit the person. In the present case not only are both sashes capable of being locked to the frame,

but they may also be locked to each other and the lower can be operated from the floor.

I claim as the salient points of this invention In a sash-fastener, the plate attached to the upper sash, the bracketssecured to the lower sash and the window-frame and provided with set-screws and having openings arranged in the same vertical plane, and the rod arranged vertically in the openings of the brackets and having its upper end bent horizontally and secured to said plate, and being bent inward to form the inclined portion 1, which serves as a stop to prevent the lower sash striking against the horizontal portion of the rod, substantially as described.

In testimony. that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM HENRY MOOLURE.

Witnesses:

A. O. SOHEULL, G. E. WESTFALL. 

